The Emerald at Hogwarts

Chapter 657 Daily Prophet

The next morning, the sun was shining brightly, and the spacious office was extremely bright.

The spacious office is so clean that people can be seen. On the table is a list and a copy of today's "Daily Prophet".

Ada sat on the high-backed chair, holding another list in her hand, yesterday's list of missing persons.Having to look at the names on the list every day, Ada persisted in doing it despite her dislike.

After putting down the missing list and picking up the death list, Ada breathed a sigh of relief after reading each name one by one—there were no people she was familiar with, and no names she didn't want to see.

From these two lists, it can be seen that Voldemort's main attack targets, the first target must be Muggle-born wizards, the second target is wizards who are close to Muggles, or wizards who tend to support Muggles, and wizards who resist Voldemort .

In addition to these "cleansed" wizards, there are naturally Muggles who have been persecuted by Death Eaters.

It is said that when Mr. Weasley went to see the Muggle Prime Minister, the list of dead and missing Muggles, as well as the continuous strange incidents in the UK, almost drove the Prime Minister crazy.

Raging tornadoes are caused by giants walking, frequent beast attacks are due to werewolves trying to satisfy their own appetites, thick fog over the city is caused by dementors spreading despair, and the rising crime rate is caused by Death Eaters carnival...

Facing the questioning of the masses and the difficulties of the upper and lower courts, the Muggle Prime Minister said: I am tired, destroy it, hurry up.

It is conceivable that once Voldemort wins the final victory, Britain will become a purgatory for Muggles, and the lives of Muggles will completely become the food of werewolves and the tool of Death Eaters for fun.

Muggles do have a level of technology and warfare far superior to wizards, but wizards are unknown mysterious existences to Muggles, and this is where the greatest fear of human beings comes from.

When it comes time to be ruled by unknown fear, whether Muggles can muster the courage to resist is more important than their advanced technological level.

Ada picked up the "Daily Prophet" again, and today's front page is no longer Dumbledore, nor the Ministry of Magic, or death, or missing persons, but a huge photo - Regulus Black Photo.

The photo was provided by the house elf Kreacher. Since the fake locket and Regulus' last letter were given to Kreacher, the old elf seemed to have a second spring. Sirius' attitude turned 180 degrees even more.

Sirius, who was teaching at Hogwarts, would see Kreacher's big bald nose every morning when he opened his eyes, hear Kreacher's "Master Sirius Good Morning", and Kreacher's carefully prepared love breakfast.

The flattered Sirius was sitting on pins and needles, frightened by Kreacher's behavior, and didn't know what to do.

Speaking of the "Daily Prophet", Regulus in the photo was handsome and vigorous, and it was a photo left when he first joined the Death Eaters.

At that time, he thought that Voldemort was the hero of pure-blood wizards, the leader who maintained the purity of wizards, and his idol.

The ideal is very full, but the reality is very skinny, the skinny feeling that touches the hand.

Pure-blood wizards were played around by Voldemort. Even if they recognized his true colors, they could not escape from the control of the Dark Lord. They could only be coerced by the powerful Voldemort and continue his bloody and terrifying career.

The "Daily Prophet" did not mention such things as horcruxes, nor did it clearly state the cause of Regulus' death.It just described in detail how he joined the Death Eaters and how he finally quit the organization, praising his courage to resist Voldemort's dark rule.

The whole report did not say that Regulus had done anything against Voldemort besides resigning from the Death Eaters, but at the end of the report, it was revealed that the Order of Merlin was considering posthumously awarding Regulus the First Class Medal.

Some people may feel that the Ministry of Magic is setting an example and encouraging everyone to stand up to Voldemort.But in the eyes of insiders, this first-class medal has a lot to say.

The Order of Merlin is divided into three different levels:

Third Class Medal: It is used to recognize individuals who have "contributed to our knowledge reserves or entertainment careers", and the color of the ribbon is white.Gilderoy Loanhart was awarded the third class medal at the beginning, but the medal was withdrawn when he was imprisoned.

Second Class Medal: Used to recognize "achievement or effort beyond the ordinary", the color of the ribbon is purple.Newt Scamander is the holder of an OBE, Second Class, in recognition of his distinguished service to the field of Fantastic Beasts.

First Class Medal: It is used to commend "excellent bravery or outstanding achievements" in magic, and the color of the ribbon is green.

May I ask, what contribution did Regulus Black make to be posthumously awarded the Order of Merlin, First Class, more than ten years after his death?
Did he defeat "The Most Dangerous Dark Wizard" just as Albus Dumbledore defeated Grindelwald?Or like Tilly Tork, who saved a lot of Muggles in Ilfracombe?Or, like Olabella Nutley, restore the Colosseum and prevent the wizarding world from being exposed?

None of these things had been done by Regulus, none of these heroic deeds.

Regulus has been dead for more than ten years, and it is even more impossible for him to be awarded a first-class medal by donating a large sum of gold to the Ministry of Magic like Arcturus Black.

Why do you say this?Why award a first-class medal to a person who has not contributed?
People in the magic world are looking at the flowers in the fog, unable to understand the reason.But Voldemort must be clear, as long as he sees or hears Regulus and the first class medal, he will know why,
Back then, Voldemort needed a house-elf to experiment with the mechanism in his cave, so he found Regulus and got the house-elf Kreacher from the Black family.

It's just that Voldemort never thought that Kreacher could escape from the cave, let alone that Regulus dared to rebel against him and steal the Horcrux he hid in the cave.

Voldemort's arrogance made him suffer a lot, but he never realized it.

According to Sirius, the Black family knew nothing about the real cause of Regulus' death, only that he was killed because he wanted to escape from the Death Eaters.

Voldemort has always been merciless when dealing with traitors.

However, at the level of Regulus, Voldemort should not be able to do it himself, and it is more likely to send his Death Eaters.

And after this Death Eater took the order, he naturally wanted to find Regulus' whereabouts and kill him.But by then Regulus had died in the cave, and it was impossible for the Death Eaters to find him.

It is terrible to fail to complete the task, and you will get the Cruciatus Curse as punishment.

Obviously not wanting to be punished, the Death Eater tricked his master, Voldemort, into thinking he had killed Regulus.

Otherwise, knowing that Regulus had not been killed by the Death Eaters, Voldemort would have thought that the secret of the cave had been exposed, and he would have bloodbathed the Black family in search of his stolen Horcrux.

And the "Daily Prophet" report on Regulus was to remind Voldemort——

No nose, no hair Lao Fu, your horcrux has been stolen, you can't hide your secret anymore, do you want to continue to bear it?

If you continue to endure, all your Horcruxes will be found and destroyed one by one.

At that time, do you still have the confidence to face Esmeralda Drizzt, and the "rival of fate" Harry Potter?

Get dry, Dark Lord!

Let the entire wizarding world feel your anger and your terror!

(End of this chapter)